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Mesopotamia 6000–1500 BC (Room 56)

The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Gallery

Eye-opener gallery tour / Free / Daily, 11.45
(for 30–40 minutes)

Between 6000 and 1550 BC, Mesopotamia, the land between the
Tigris and Euphrates rivers (now Iraq, north east Syria and part of
south east Turkey) witnessed crucial advancements in the
development of human civilization during the evolution from small
agricultural settlements to large cities.

Objects on display in Room 56 illustrate economic success based
on agriculture, the invention of writing, developments in
technology and artistry, and other achievements of the Sumerians,
Akkadians, and Babylonians, who lived in Mesopotamia at this
time.

Objects found at the Royal Cemetery at Ur are of particular
importance.